SOME SAY a big shellcracker is the most mysterious fish in freshwater. Properly called a redear sunfish, it’s three times the size of a keeper bluegill, on average, and just as delicious. But it’s ...

Redear sunfish go by many names with chinquapin and shellcrackers being two of the more common in Mississippi. Although some anglers specifically target redear, they are often a by-catch for those ...

On just about every major body of water in Central Florida this weekend, the same scene will be repeated. Fishing boats, most of them small non-descript craft, will idle along the shorelines, past ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay hook shellcrackers and bluegill on a secret jig before a snake bite.

Largemouth bass and shellcrackers have been the top freshwater catches again this week. Catfish are becoming more active, as are freshwater striped bass and walleye. * Chickahominy River: Thursday’s ...

Blue gill and shellcrackers, nudged out of the mainstream of local fishing by bass the last few months, are back. Forget Rat-L-Traps, Stanley Jigs and Texas-rigged hooks. Think crickets and live worms ...

If bluegill and shellcrackers (collectively known as bream) routinely grew to weights of 5-6 pounds or more, we would have far less bass tournaments on the nation’s waters. Pound for pound, the feisty ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay find a secret lake with only giant redear shellcrackers.

Some years, panfish fans find that there is a brief lull in catches during late March and early April. During this period, the speckled perch that had recently inhabited the shallow spawning cover in ...

Time to break out the bream-buster poles and the crickets--panfish are on the beds across Alabama. It's the one time of year when this bass-crazy state may see nearly as many boats launched to chase ...

“Most of the world is covered with water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts.” Charles Waterman “Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.